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Wichita eagle., 1887-04-05
WICHITA MUST BE WICHITA.

The result of this days work is Of i'm
measurable importance to this people. The
EAGLE feels constrained to say to the work
ingmep, to the contractors, and to the bust
ness and professional men Of every line, as
well as to all those whose interests it is
that Wichita should move along in her
course of prosperity, and uninterruptedly,
that it is our firm conviction that MIR.
Joseph P. Allen should be elected by so
pronounced majorityH to leave no room
for even criticism. This opinion thus ex-
pressed comes of no partizanship, of no
personal or sectional interest, of no i'll feel
ing or prejudice against anyone, but is an
honest unbiased conviction Of what our
people should do to day in order that
Wichita NAV still be Wichita.
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-05
She damns her eyes
In quick surprise

Ana says lets advertise"
Saint Joe intends to advertise her won
derful resources. and great age
Saint Joe forgets that one cannot train ,
tree one thousand years old with the sam,
prospects of success one can prune sap
ling.
&Saint Jose" seems to think that the
rage for the 'antiq ie" in furniture and in
architecture embraces and includes towns
Its big card therefore is its age. Methu
selah is sassy boot black with one
''gallus' compared to st. Josef" in pint
of antiquity. Yes. St. Josef" is old Its
| population in 1912 was 5000; in 1860 i,
was 7,slo and one dog, Che dog was Top
| cared" but this does not detract from this
story or lessen the population Of Saint
Josef" in 1902 in 1870 the census show
ed 10000, (evil minded persons claimed
that this census was made up from "hoss
fairs" and heated political campaigns. In
1880 the census disclosed $4,000 This
census was predicated on ''VanAmburghs''
menagerie and Sells brothers Colossal and
there was more people in st Josef on
those two days than the aggregated hotel
registers had shown In the preceding one
ousand years
In 1890 0ihe census will show 600, As no
asses sor will take chances on manufactur
ing assets in the way of population on &C
count Of tie failing condition Of this relic
of by gone ages In 1900 it will be a flag
station
We are sorry that this mania fox ''an
tique" things does not embrace towns, but
we are not 10 blsme because people fancy
live towns.
A state thsi depends on Kansas and
Nebraska to build its towns on west and
north. on Illinois and Iowa to build its
towns on north and east, and contents
itself with building up center city with
cannot found cities, or make
prosperous communities.
The progress of the west prevents Saini
Joe from building up.
Historians may, by visiting ST. Joe, find
a negative instruction TO hand down - fu- /
ture town builders, but nothing 10 emu /
late or copy.
ST Joe NAY advertise her wares, but il |
tskes years Of patient, lsborious. painsiak-
ing work 70 advertise 4 town, and the fu- !
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-05
HANGINGS IN KANSAS.
To the Eai,o- II the Eagle.

To the Edito- u the Eagle.
Some time ago there appeared in the
EAGLE and other papers Of The sts'e what
seemed 10 be an authentic list of sll the
public hangings for crimes {sftor convic-
ton by jury trial. which have taken place
in this sts,e In that account noticed the
omission of two important csses, which
wonder the writer of the lis, did not think
of. One was the border rufhixn. hung al
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-05

During the month of March the real es
tate transfers IN AtchiSon reached 81. 400.
GOO. This was very fair for little village
like Atchison. The transfers in 81. ,Ioseoh
in March reached in the neighborhood of
ten millions of dollsrs and that was very
fair for large city Ike 81, Joseph.-St.
Joe Herald.
Reached in the neigbhcrhood" was well
put in. al the same for the month Of
March Wichita in ber real estate ,ransac.
tions for the month Of March led al towns
In the west snd south including Kansas
City, birmingham ard Los Angeles. Such
places as ST. Joe and Louisville are no,
worth noticing in such a connection.
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-05
Dr.. I. Clement billings,
Nsyshalitowa- Iowa also lsfe OF Tope-
kz Eausss aAs located al W chita for the
trsrri,,e of his profeaAioo-
Office at No. 3l3 North Market St

On pxltr.Ss e-.r. 3. s~rve~s 20 81 go sz-sY-
i:x frs,E.. chronic sfueb-yn ard 44ARU0s< ttase-
i'm every hoS. cf scoc.-s II =; Gas siEk
ruupes It's .for-s tie p.s. thereby proving s;<n
.-i. Sro-shs the Cd snf SsstronSs-t - Ire ss
.erfrs .srs in X scnica and vicinity
The iossAr .y->-zlry - Sstent.ac xAS-et,e lr-<s;
r,snt rar - n rsss-. 4s found ircgrbs by En-
v.-Is,ts. ussfasAss ar rn--;czl rr-srrssni E- hss
s..rnonsr-as ss ~ ,ho.acs 81 rwTnarxaa2e c-ss -
yres- ..r.s-t,s-fsy 81 ga<n~Ss rresssDozL h- -
t,rzli-.5 10 s,ve II ose- s7y aEc all - arg
-l->;tczslors-
r. y-trIt.y.r snuss-srtsr tl- s-Esins 81
.sc.a5.hsua 1aSrstir fssS-er. soSscssSr VIII II
o1ss sno~i--1ss- Of r1edsc.rse sac rscfs@r srt}y
rN,.r.-t Nv n. o. cs uaeescire rens.--x II
rJsl cs &c All. rrs.re-t r--af he a-ic;--t
cesasuIly.
.<Srf ..x-r.I fhsyx,.aa1 eocss, ec<g-s-r7~rts fr
eeSTr.~- pstseSt~ arc .Es'x7 tis~
y,.rn-r -.hs Io atm NJ E,5S- xs.ket s-s-es
O1ncs .oArs - & r. 20 y keSa ssc W - ,. IA
s.l.tAy. 10 . n esensrss fr0r : -
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-05

John p. ST. John has written letter to a
citizen of Kansas, wherein he SAYS that he
never asked that county be named for
him, and never protested when it was
changed to Logan. He is still in the Coed
business, at $50 per night.
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-05

The two wretches who caused the Mis-
souri, Pacific wreck at Dunbar, by which
the brave James Dewitt lost his life. have
bt en- found guilty of murder at Nebrasks
City. and have been sentenced to death
Their crime was awful and inexcusable
Let no man interfere to prevent the just
sentence of the law.-Champion.
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-05

The Wichita EAGLE is after the scalps OF
the Naves and McCords of all ages and
conditions, because forsooth, MIR. Nave
wrote little letter We venture the asser
ton that Messrs Nave & McCord may be
found at their old stand on South Third
street, despite the plucked EAGLE.-St
Joe Herald
AT their old stand in old St. Joe, but no,
at their old stand in Wichita.
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-05
DON'T KNOW WHAT he IS TALKING
ABOUT

If the EAGLE, which sneers at st. Jo
seph, will go to the clearing house mana
ger and get his method Of figuring clear
ances, and then publish that method accu
| rately and honestly, we will argue the
question.-St Joe Herald.
A like criticism of Wichita's methed OF
making up her bank clearings was sent to
Bradstreet's and the Boston Post. In re-
ply to letters from those papers the mana
ger of Wichita clearing house furnished
his method over his oath, which, proving
entirely satisfactory to the papers in inter
est, We shall hardly trouble ourselves
about any demand made by the organ of
Sam Nave.
Again the EAGLE makes the assertion
and defies successful contradiction, that
Wichita bank clearings have led those Of
St. Joe, and for last month to the tune of
between two and three millions Of dollars
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-05

In the closing paragraph of the last letter
Of advice to parents written by the late
Henry Ward Beecher, he said:
Keep your children at home at nights.
There is many sod that lies over the child
whose downfall began by vagrancy at night,
and there is many child whose heart
breaking parents would give the world if
the sod did lie over them.
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-05

Leavenworth has a very respectable little
real estate boom Her transfers on Thurs
day aggregated $4,000 ST. Joseph's on
the same day aggregated $4,000. There
are booms. and then again there are booms.
st. Joe Herald.
And on the same day in Wichita the
transfers amounted to $223, ,0O0 There
are booms and then again there are booms.
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-05
OUR GOODS

from Of being opened
pleasing the working large day and
will be crowned with shortly and will
has been spared to make this the equipped
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-05
SAINT JOSEF" MISSOURI.

To the Editor OF the Eagle.
Her vast resources, and antiquity. Stand
ing las it were) "twixt" the living and the
dead. Connecting the dead past with the
living present. She enters the boom
arena in the role of rip Wrinkle. de
ceased, defying competition and demand
inc trihute
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-05
TO BE OPENED IN A FEW DAYS BY
Wilson & Fox,
2o3 and EOS Main ST.

people OF Wichita become impatient
we realize that we nave been TO open our goo
completed until in the last few Now all ready and
real palacei S
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-05
DRY GOODS 4 MILLINERY

Emporium department.
the united
bring something Wichita proud
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-07-30
Prenaonitions Of Death.


Little Agnes Buckley, policemans daughter OF
Newouryport had a strong realization OF her APP
preaching death, although the physicians had not
given her up. On the day she died she called her
mother 70 the bedside TO make arrangements for
the funeral, and announced that she had only a
minute or Two longer TO live. Just then the gate
cncEed ana she heard her fathers footsteps COM
remaining strength the child cried out: Hurry up,
papa, III walt minute for you" The agonized
,atner aeard the cry and rushed up the stairs 10
the bedroom. He had barely time 70 take his
daughter In his arms when She whispered s'Ssood-
oy' 60 him and expired
"A young woman employed as a domestic by a
regular army year before, and immediately after
the wedding returned TO her service, while her
Mexico. One afternoon, while sitting in the
kitchen, she heard tapping at the window and
on looking up saw the face OF her husband there.
speaking and then slowly faded away. The young
woman ran screaming into the presence OF the
family related the strange experience to them.
ana tainted. Later In the day she received tele-
gram from the fort announcing that her husband
nad died OF fever the day before
A Nashville lady dreamed one night recently
Inat her OLD school friend, whose bridemaid she
had been at her wedding 10 Virginia planter
year before, had died suddenly and that she was
dream to her family, and refused TO be convinced
mat IL was not premonition OF death. week
later delayed letter reached the lady inforrn!ng
time with the occurrence OF the dream
"A Confederate veteran related In Americas. Ca,
the other day, strange coincidence that attended
the death or Capt. Wynn, gallant Georgian, who
was killed at Gettysburg. The captain had fire.
Quently boosted that " the bullet was not moulded
that was to lay him low" but on the day OF the
ngnt MS wife was startled 10 the oil portrait OF
her husband fail with a crash TO the floor from the
wall on which 1t hung In her parlor. Singularly
enough, the only damage done TO the picture was
In the shape OF a small mole which was punctured
through the forehead by a chair foot which the
painting struck In its fall. Two days later news
came from the field that the captain had been
Killed by rifle bullet, which had struck him
SQuarely In the forehead.
Louisa Benn, the daughter OF a laborer in
wednesday,, England, made up her mind 10 emf
CRATE to Australia, and gained the consent OF her
parents. Just before she was TO SAIL however, her
mother dreamed that the ship which was TO carry
her daughter struck a rock near the Australian
coast and went down with great loss OF life. She
succeeded In dissuading Louisa from going, but
not until the girls baggage had been placed on
board the vessel and every preparation made for
her departure. The ship went down, as Mrs Benn
imagined 1t would, and among the lives lost were
those OF several girls who were 10 have been
L0uiSa'S companions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-07-30
A Monkey Burglar.
THEFT cLEvIKLY MANAGED BIT ONE OF NAN's FUNNY
HITATORS.

A Monkey Burglar.
THEFT CIEv1KLY MANAGED BIT ONE OF NAN's FUNNY
MrTAToR&
From the Leeds Mercury.
In house on the Boulevard Napoleon, OF Tou-
louise, woman locked up her money In a desk and
went out shopping. On her return she missed
three napoleons, q gold flve-franc piece, and q
franc in silver. There was no trace of burglary.
very much bew1ldered by these losses the good
woman was deep In reflection over the matter,
when she heard roar Of laughter from her neigh
pors garden. "tOh, the theft" cried several per.
sons at once. "Where has he stolen this?" The
dame descended instantly, ran out and said: "Oh,
my money, messieurs; where is the THEIR" 'He
Is up q tree, madame" pointing up to o monkey
on high branch above them, ''but here Is the
mOney!' The monkey, who certainly would be
an invaluable assistant to a burglar had been
seen to climb into the windows OF one OF the good
ladys rooms, had unlocked a drawer, found the
money, and concealing It in his Jowl, had brought
~ 70 his master. find that no less an authority
tnan Button declares that a female chmpanzee
VINO went out to service at Loango made the beds,
swept the house and so far assisted in the cooking
as 10 turn the spit. Monsieur de Grandpre, an ON
Ger OF the French navy, tells OF another chimpan-
zee on board French man-of-war which assists
tne COOK and turns the capStan and furls sail as
wen as any OF the sailors. In China monkeys help
In the tea picking, and Lord MOnboddo used TO
gravely contend that apes could talk readily
enough, but that their superior cunning told them
70 hold their tongues lest they should be put to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-07-30
A Startling Predictiom.


Two hundred years ago in China there was lust
such a craze about natural gas as we have In this
country to-day, says the Cincinnati Commercial
Gas wells were sunk with as much vim and viqor
as the Celestials were capable Of but, owing to a
gas explosion that killed several millions OF peope
and tore up ana destroyed large district of coun
try, leaving large inland sea known on the maps
as Lake Foo Chang, the boring OF any more gas
wells was then and there prohibited by law It
seems, according to the Chinese history that MANY
large and heavy-pressure gas wells were struck
and In some districts wells were sunk
quite near TO each other. Gas was lighted as
soon as struck. as Is done IN this country. It is
stated that one well with its usual pressure. by
induction or back draught, pulled down into the
eart1 the burning gas OF smaller Well resulting
In dreadful explosion OF large district destroy.
ing the inhabitants thereof. Lake Foo Chang rests
on this district. The same catastrophe Is 1mmi-
nenI In this country unless the laws restrict
Should a similar explosion occur there win be
such an upheaval as win dwarf the most terrible
earthquakes ever known. The country alonr the
gas belt from Toledo through Ohio, Indiana and
Kentucky win be ripped up TO the depth OF 1900
leaving chasm through which the waters OF Lake
Erie will come bowling down, nlnng the Ohio and
Mississippi Valleys. and blotting them out tor
ever.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-07-30
Little Barefoot.


Mr.. Matthew Arnold was greatly struck by this
democratic government OF our reading -room when
he was In Boston. He came in here one day and
saw little bare-foOted newsboy sitting I'm one OF
the best chairs OF the reading enjoying him.
self apparently for dear life. The great essayist
was completely astounded. 'Do you let bare
footed boys In this reading -room?" he asked 'You
would never see such sight as that in Europe. 1
do not believe there is a reading-roo in all
Europe In which that boy, dressed as he Is, would
enter" Then Mr.. Arnold went over 10 the boy,
engaged him In conversation, and found that he
Was reading the Life or Washington" ana that
he was a young gentleman OF decidedly anti
British tendencies, and, for his age, remarkably
well-infOrmed.
Mr.. Arnold remained talking with the youngster
for some time, and, as he came back 10 our desk,
the great Englishman said: 81 do not think have
been so impressed with anything else that have
seen since arriving in this country as / am
now with meeting this bare-footed boy in this
reading room. What a tribute TO democratic In
stitutions IL Is to that instead OF sending that
boy out to wander alone In the streets, they per-
nit him to come in here and excite his youthful
Imagination by reading such book as the Life OF
Washington! The reading OF that one book may
change the whole course OF that boys life, and
may be the means OF making him a useful, honor
able, worthy citizen OF this great country. IL is
tell you, sight that impresseS a European not
accustomed to your democratic ways"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-07-30

MORE DAMAGE DONE IN FIRING HER MAIN AND SEQ.
oNDARY BATTERIEs-THE SHIP NOT INJURED.
dispatch from Newport says: The new cruiser
Atlanta, on Wednesday morning last steamed
outside, and under the direction or the special
board fired her main and secondary batteries
The result OF this experiment was to disable the
forward eight-inch gun, an injury naturally 70 be
expected In consequence OF the previous damage
10 The recoil approaches by the six-inch guns
Two OF me Steel port sills were fractured, and
many OF the recoif clip hooks were carried AWAY
The secondary battery OF rapid-tre guns was with
The exception OF the Hotcbkiss revolving canona
vi MY seven milnetres, more or less damaged.
No Injury OF any kind was done TO the ship itself.
ana wnen The defects Ia the gun mounts, notably
the recoll systems, are corrected the Atlanta with
able addition Ia The Navy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-07-30
IIl-teMpered Englishmen.
THE BRITON SAID TO BE MORE IRRITABLE THAN ALI
OTHER MEN.

OTHER MEN.
From the London Spectator.
Ii Mr.. Francis Cation is right, temper is even a
larger factor In the household unhappiness of
English people than is commonly imagined. He
declares that rather more than every second adult
person In England is in some way or another bad
tempered. Out Of 1881 persons Of whose charac-
teristics he has received what he believes to be
accurate descriptions given under seal OF Sc
crecy, he finds that SO per cent are reported bad
tempered and only AZ per cent good.
The women are a little better than the men
which We should not have expected women suffer-
ing far more tnan men, both from the UrerulOus-
ness due to fli-health and from the effects of con-
tlnuous anxiety-say by about 10 per cent: but
even among the women - per cent strike their
relatives as displaying In one way or another bad
temper. IL Is true the word is employed to cover
an extraordinary variety OF forms OF disagreeable
ness, the epithets employed by the narratOrs
being as follows: Acrimonious, aggressive arb,
trary, pickering, capricious captious choleric
contentious, crotchety, decisive, despotte domf
neerng, easily offended, fiery fits OF anger gloomy
grumpy, harsh, hasty, headsurong hufry IMPATIENT
Imperative, tmpetuOus, insane temper frr1tahIe
I morose, nagging, obstinate, odd-tempered, pas
s1onate. peeyish peppery, proud, pugnacious quar-
relsome, quick-tempered scOlding, short, sharp
suky, sullen surly uncertain vicious vindictlye.
Forty-s1x epithers in all.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-07-30
Sudden Death as the Circus,

from the Dover On. HD Times. July %.
A shoemaker named octave Bouittfllette .
French Canadian by birth, but resident OF the
United States since very early age moved hero
from Biddeford two years since with his wife ana
children Last evening Mr.. Bouittillette proposed
that he and his wife and eldest daughter the cid.
est OF seven children should 60 TO the circus ME-.
Bouittillette sat between his wife and daughter,
and during the progress OF the fourth act his wire
noticed that he was very STILL She pulled him By
the arm, but there was no response. The wife
who supposed he had only tainted, had him moved
out INTO the adjoining tent, where the animals
We're on exhibition. lie was laid on the grass and
subjected 10 examination. which disclosed that Id
was dead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-07-30
Drowned in Each Others Arms.

The New York Sun says: Mary A. Kearney,
aged seventeen years, and her sister, Cath
crime. aged sixteen, were drowned at Spring VAL
ley Wednesday. They were daughters Of James
kearney, OF 81 Hudson street, this city. They
were spending the summer with their parents at
the house OF George Peterson, and went with q
party OF girls Of about their age to battle yester-
day at D1Stillery Lake. They could not swim.
Mary slipped from a small raft into Is feet OF
water, and her frightened sister plunged In to
save her, Both girls sank together. The alarm
was given by the cries Of the children on the
shore, but the struggling girls had disappeared
under the water before wOrkmen In q neighbOrtng
held could reach them. The bodies were recovered
TWO hours Later still locked together in their last
embrace Mary Kearney graduated q few weeks
ago from st. Peters Academy in this city, where
her sister was student
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-07-30
An Atheist Succumbs % tho POpe.
From the Pail Mall Gazette,

An Atheist Succumbs In the POM.
From the Pail Mall Gazette,
A curious scene was witnessed the other day
at the vatican N. Leo Taxil whose real name is
Jong, and, formerly wrote some OF the most "anti-
clericaP' works ever printed According TO his
own account. while composing diatribe against
Joan OF Arc he had to refer to the history OF her
trial and concentration, and was so struck with
the angelic character Of the heroine that he felt
himself suddenly converted TO the very faith he
was abusing.
pope's forgiveness and blessing. HIS holiness at
once granted nlm private audience, which lasted
nalf an oour, during which he wept at the feet OF
the hoiy father. AT length the pope consented TO
give him his blessing on the condition that In his
future works he would labor to undo all the harm
ne nad gone 10 the Catholic Church MI. Leo Taxi
fore leaving, however, he had 10 make the piUuant
confession that ne had not yet been able TO con-
vert MS Wlies VINO remained hardened atheist
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-07-30
The Old Man Was Too Previous.

FrOm the Boston Post.
A stald old Hubbardston farmer came to the
Hub yesterday do ga leecle tradin'," and as he
meandered down Washington street "headed for
the Fitchburg Depot" as he said, he suddenly
halted, gazed excttedly at a sign in front of a
clothing house, and then darted into the store
exclaiming, .Well. YUM, that is good!" After
due deiberatton he selected $40 suit OF clothes,
rendering In payment just 81. ''That's the right
change, Sir" said he to the astonshed clerk. "But
don't understand; told you that suit would be
S1O," argued the clerk. eyes, know, but don't
your old sign out there at the door say, AN we want
Is seventy cents on the dOllar?'" and picking up
mis- new purchase the honest old HubbardSton
farmer hastily left. He trOtLed along, cOngratu-
iating himself on his wonderful smartness and
was heard to mutter, 81 guess I'm lively enough
for these ERE city folks" But sudden change
came "o'er the spirit Of his dreams" after he had
walked a short distance. A look OF utter disgust
overspread his face the bundle fell from his arms
and In mournful tone he said, "Why in blazes
didn't look around a little before bought them
clOthes?" The cause OF this CONSERVATION was
another clothing sign that read: Goods sold here
at half price" After studying the situation sew
eral minutes he resumed his journey depotward,
saying, II might have saved s. just as well as not
II hadn't been In such pesky hurry"